Marriage In Romeo And Juliet
In the play Romeo and Juliet, marriage is an obstacle that young Juliet is trying to evade so she can be with Romeo, her true love. Since the play has been written, marriage has developed differently over years. By being able to pick whom you want to marry, when you want to marry your significant other, and why you want to marry them.
The play includes many quotes indicating that marriage as being chosen by the parents. More so, the father picks who his daughter marries. “But fettle your fine joints ‘gainst Thursday next, To go with Paris to Saint Peter’s Church, or I will drag thee on a hurdle thither.”
- Capulet Act 3, Scene 5, Lines One-Hundred and Fifty-Five Through Lines One-Hundred and Fifty-Six. This means marriage from Shakespeare’s time period was not of love, but of a parent choosing who their daughter will marry. On the other hand, …show more content…
“Marry, bachelor, Her mother is the lady of the house, and a good lady, and a wise and virtuous. I nursed her daughter that you talked withal. I tell you, he that can lay hold of her, Shall have the chinks.” –Nurse Act 1, Scene 5, Eighth-Fourteenth Line, Page 759. By saying “Shall have the chinks.” means who ever can marry young Juliet, only child of the Capulet family, becomes rich. Meaning the exchange of money throughout families. Where as in our point in our point of history, people want to marry one another because they understand each other, love each other, and connect to one another.
In the play Romeo and Juliet, marriage has been an obstacle in Juliet’s way. In the time following the writing of the play, Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, marriage has evolved in ways of the selecting a person independently to marry, when exactly you want to marry that person, and why you are marrying that person
The play includes many quotes indicating that marriage as being chosen by the parents. More so, the father picks who his daughter marries. “But fettle your fine joints ‘gainst Thursday next, To go with Paris to Saint Peter’s Church, or I will drag thee on a hurdle thither.”
- Capulet Act 3, Scene 5, Lines One-Hundred and Fifty-Five Through Lines One-Hundred and Fifty-Six. This means marriage from Shakespeare’s time period was not of love, but of a parent choosing who their daughter will marry. On the other hand, …show more content…
“Marry, bachelor, Her mother is the lady of the house, and a good lady, and a wise and virtuous. I nursed her daughter that you talked withal. I tell you, he that can lay hold of her, Shall have the chinks.” –Nurse Act 1, Scene 5, Eighth-Fourteenth Line, Page 759. By saying “Shall have the chinks.” means who ever can marry young Juliet, only child of the Capulet family, becomes rich. Meaning the exchange of money throughout families. Where as in our point in our point of history, people want to marry one another because they understand each other, love each other, and connect to one another.
In the play Romeo and Juliet, marriage has been an obstacle in Juliet’s way. In the time following the writing of the play, Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, marriage has evolved in ways of the selecting a person independently to marry, when exactly you want to marry that person, and why you are marrying that person